Sean Spicer To Keep His Job at White House Despite Media Speculation

When the media reported earlier this week that Sean Spicer may soon be gone as part of a White House shakeup, we were skeptical. After all, in spite of the press secretary’s unpopularity with the media, he’s hung on like a ’94 Crown Victoria.

So lo and behold, imagine our lack of shock and awe when the Washington Examiner reported Wednesday that an administration source said Spicer will remain as the president’s press secretary for the forseeable future, even though Communications Director Mike Dubke resigned earlier this week.

The “key West Wing adviser said that Spicer’s job isn’t threatened and he remains well liked by President Trump and his top team.” And, according to said adviser, Tuesday’s press briefing was meant to drive that point home.

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That’s the briefing where a pugnacious Spicer told reporters, according to The Washington Post, that Trump “is frustrated, like I am and so many others, to see stories come out that are patently false, to see narratives that are wrong, to see quote-unquote ‘fake news.'”

“What I’m telling you is, is that the reason the president is frustrated is because there’s a perpetuation of false narratives, a use of unnamed sources over and over again about things that are happening that ultimately don’t happen, and I think that is troubling,” Spicer told the media.

“Spicer isn’t going anywhere despite the intense speculation and this briefing is designed to drive home that point,” the adviser told the Examiner. “People need to get over the fact that he’s staying put.”

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While the administration has cut back on Spicer’s press briefings, they seem not to have embraced what CBS News reported earlier this week, which was a near-elimination of them.

“Trump does not find value in them anymore,” a source told CBS. “While Spicer has high ratings, it’s difficult to get the message out to the clutter and it’s serving as a device to beat him up.”

As Tuesday proved, Spicer gives as good as he gets — and that was apparently the message the White House wanted the media to know.

Spicer has been one of the most the most gossipped-about of Trump’s picks; if you believed the Beltway rumors, he’s had one foot out the door since day one. But then again, they’ve said the same things about Steve Bannon. And Kellyanne Conway. Next week, I can pretty much guarantee it’ll be someone else. Unfortunately for the rumor-mongers, Spicer remains ensconced at 1600 Pennsylvania, and that doesn’t seem to be changing anytime soon.